shelter

sheltershel‧ter1 /ˈʃeltə $ -ər/ ●●○W3 noun1[uncountable]TBHOME a place to live, considered as one of the basic needs of lifeThey are in need of food and shelter.2[uncountable]PROTECTprotection from danger or from wind, rain, hotsun etcshelter ofWe reached the shelter of the caves.in/into/under etc the shelter of somethingThey were standing under the shelter of a huge tree.The men took shelter in a bombed-out farmhouse.All around me, people were running for shelter.shelter fromAn old hut gave shelter from the storm.3[countable] a building where people or animals that have nowhere to live or that are in danger can stay and receive helpshelter fora shelter for battered womena homeless shelter (=for people who have no homes)an animal shelter4[countable]TB a building or an area with a roof over it that protects you from the weather or from dangerair-raid/bomb/fall-out shelter (=a place to keep people safe from bombs dropped by planes)bus shelter British English (=a small structure with a roof where you wait for a bus) →tax shelterCOLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: protection from danger or from wind, rain, hot sun etcverbstake shelter (=go into a place where you are protected from something)When it started raining, they took shelter in a cave.find shelterHe slept wherever he could find shelter.seek shelter formal (=try to find shelter)They sought shelter under the trees.run for shelterThe residents were running for shelter from the bombing.give/provide shelterThe trees gave shelter from the wind.

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shelter• a shelter for battered women• They are in desperate need of food, clothing and shelter.• a busshelter• It provides food, shelter and case management for more than 70 families at one time.• a homelessshelter• It is a good, hardycommunityfish, though a little shy, so provide plenty of shelter.• an air-raid shelter• Tanya remained in Pennsylvania but went to live in a runawayshelter and then in a group home.• Late one night, he stopped at the gates of a Franciscanmonastery to seekshelter.• Ash could accumulate on rooftops, causing them to collapse on people seeking shelter in the vicinity of the volcano.• They jointly chose to ignore their employer's orders and statutorysafetyregulations, by testing detonators without taking shelter.• And what if she were to leave the shelter of the house?• Then the Jesuit volunteers pushed open the shelterdoors and the worshipers followed the cross into a misty rain.• We eventually reached the shelter of the caves.in/into/under etc the shelter of something• Instinctively, he hung back in the shelter of a rock.• Arkhina had moved calmly into the shelter of the high stonewall.• There are just three houses there; three seventeenth-century stone-built farmhousesnestling comfortably in the shelter of a little valley.• A County-model Land-Rover had been backed up against a stack of firewoodin the shelter of a thatchedcarport.• I frozein the shelter of my rock, but the glasses were aimed higher, at the tent.• Along the quayin the shelter of these ancient walls is an old world full of interest.• We ran into the shelter of Murchison Fiord, which is on the west side of Nordaustlandet.• Instinct told her to find somewhere to lie up, so she turned unsteadily into the shelter of the trees.homeless shelter• They lived in a homeless shelter until a room opened up at the Reiss Hotel.• They never had enough money, so they lived in various hotels, apartments and homeless shelters.• They lived in hotels and homeless shelters.• Everyone knew that would drive up spending on welfare and homeless shelters.• They enjoyedresearching everything from homeless shelters to environmentaladvocacy groups.• Last month, children accounted for 1,412 of the 5,299 people living in homeless shelters in the city.air-raid/bomb/fall-out shelter• The only thing less suited to the big screen would be a movie set in a bomb shelter.• Abandonedair-raid shelters became improvised and treacherousplaygrounds for the children of the blitz.• But we talk about this and we talk about that-remember how we used to talk about air-raid shelters?• Feb. 13 At least 300 civilianskilled in alliedattack on Baghdad bomb shelter.• They even went down to the basementbomb shelter and shookpillows.• Until church members complete a sewer system, they have been forbidden to use their newly hewnbomb shelters.• New electric lighting was installed in the cellars, soon to become the air-raid shelters.sheltershelter2 ●○○ verb1[transitive]PROTECT to provide a place where someone or something is protected, especially from the weather or from dangerCollins was arrested for sheltering enemy soldiers.shelter somebody/something from somebody/somethingPlant herbs next to a wall to shelter them from the wind.► see thesaurus at protect2[intransitive]PROTECT to stay in or under a place where you are protected from the weather or from dangershelter fromWe sat in the shade, sheltering from the sun.→ See Verb table